Roger Underwood – Jennifer Marohasyhttp://jennifermarohasy.com
a forum for the discussion of issues concerning the natural environmentSun, 06 Nov 2016 23:31:12 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Bushfire Management in Australian Forests: A Note from Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2013/10/bushfire-management-in-australian-forests-a-note-from-roger-underwood-2/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2013/10/bushfire-management-in-australian-forests-a-note-from-roger-underwood-2/#commentsTue, 22 Oct 2013 12:44:00 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/?p=10764THERE is an old saying that one of the greatest of human failings is the inability to learn from the mistakes of others. One example is that of my 2-year old grandson who, despite being warned, could not resist testing the heat of the stove, and got his fingers burned. I have noted an identical […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2013/10/bushfire-management-in-australian-forests-a-note-from-roger-underwood-2/feed/332Water Levels in the Swan River Estuary: A Personal Observationhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2013/06/water-levels-in-the-swan-river-estuary-a-personal-observation/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2013/06/water-levels-in-the-swan-river-estuary-a-personal-observation/#commentsMon, 03 Jun 2013 19:32:24 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/?p=10290I READ with interest an article in The Fremantle Herald newspaper in which global warming was blamed for rising sea levels, which in turn were said to be submerging the mud flats in the Swan River estuary and thus destroying the habitat of migratory birds. Reading it, I could not but reflect on my own […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2013/06/water-levels-in-the-swan-river-estuary-a-personal-observation/feed/33Warnings about Bushfire Warnings: A Note from Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/08/warnings-about-bushfire-warnings/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/08/warnings-about-bushfire-warnings/#commentsSun, 30 Aug 2009 11:00:33 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=6281A PERSISTENT complaint from victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria was that they had “received no warning”. Over and again we heard statements like this: “There was no fire anywhere, but the next thing, we had fire all around us. There was no word of warning, and we never stood a chance”. This […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/08/warnings-about-bushfire-warnings/feed/63Fire as a Threatening Process: A Note from Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/03/fire-as-a-threatening-process/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/03/fire-as-a-threatening-process/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2009 03:18:57 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=4634ABOUT two months ago I received a “heads-up” from a mate who works in Canberra that Environment Minister Peter Garratt was considering listing prescribed burning as a threatening process under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act. At first I thought this was nonsense, but then I reflected on the attitudes towards prescribed burning that we […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/03/fire-as-a-threatening-process/feed/21Victorian Bushfires: The Result of Human Follyhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/03/victorian-bushfires-the-result-of-human-folly/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/03/victorian-bushfires-the-result-of-human-folly/#commentsSun, 22 Mar 2009 23:23:41 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=4573THE catastrophic bushfires in Victoria this year, and the other great fires of recent years in Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT and South Australia are dramatic expressions not just of killing forces unleashed, but of human folly… I am well aware of the drought, of the terrible conditions on the days of the fires, […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2009/03/victorian-bushfires-the-result-of-human-folly/feed/118The Wilderness Society and Bushfire Managementhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/11/the-wilderness-society-and-bushfire-management/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/11/the-wilderness-society-and-bushfire-management/#commentsSat, 15 Nov 2008 06:56:04 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=3171Roger Underwood disagrees that there has been “massive increases in burning” which are “pushing wildlife to the brink of extinction”.

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/11/the-wilderness-society-and-bushfire-management/feed/17Climate Change and Institutional Self-fulfilment by Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/05/climate-change-and-institutional-self-fulfilment-by-roger-underwood/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/05/climate-change-and-institutional-self-fulfilment-by-roger-underwood/#commentsThu, 22 May 2008 19:16:52 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=1804I note that the Federal government has created a new agency called “The Department of Climate Change”. The department is not yet 10 months old, but is already well-established with a CEO, two assistant CEOs, four Divisions, thirteen Branches (including one devoted entirely to public affairs), and a large number of full-time public servants. Given […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/05/climate-change-and-institutional-self-fulfilment-by-roger-underwood/feed/24The History of a Weather Station in Western Australia: Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/04/the-history-of-a-weather-station-in-western-australia-roger-underwood/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/04/the-history-of-a-weather-station-in-western-australia-roger-underwood/#commentsWed, 16 Apr 2008 23:57:33 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=1686I have recently made a superficial analysis of temperature trends at York, Western Australia, the nearest weather station to my place at Gwambygine. York is approximately 100 kms inland from the Indian Ocean, on about latitude 32. The weather data for York is interesting for two reasons: (i) there has been a continuously reporting weather […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/04/the-history-of-a-weather-station-in-western-australia-roger-underwood/feed/14Global Warming Hysteria in The West Australian: A Note from Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/01/global-warming-hysteria-in-the-west-australian-a-note-from-roger-underwood/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/01/global-warming-hysteria-in-the-west-australian-a-note-from-roger-underwood/#commentsMon, 14 Jan 2008 21:25:43 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=1493Over the last 6 months, readers of The West Australian newspaper have been subjected to a barrage of hysteria over global warming. Very bad news stories of one kind or another are published almost every day, all with the common theme that civilisation as we know it is about to be destroyed. Some of these […]

]]>http://jennifermarohasy.com/2008/01/global-warming-hysteria-in-the-west-australian-a-note-from-roger-underwood/feed/113Reading the Play – by Roger Underwoodhttp://jennifermarohasy.com/2007/12/reading-the-play-by-roger-underwood/
http://jennifermarohasy.com/2007/12/reading-the-play-by-roger-underwood/#commentsSun, 09 Dec 2007 03:16:13 +0000http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/?p=1430The ability to “read the play” is a quality often ascribed to successful politicians, businessmen and sportsmen. The term refers to the ability to predict events and then to take an advantageous position in expectation of the prediction coming to fruition. In the sporting arena it is best seen in champion tennis players like Lew […]